stronghold

Definition of stronghold

1: a fortified place

2a: a place of security or survival one of the last strongholds of the ancient Gaelic language — George Holmesb: a place dominated by a particular group or marked by a particular characteristic a Republican strongholdstrongholds of snobbery — Lionel Trilling

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Voting lines in the opposition stronghold of Chacao began forming before dawn and there were reports of long lines in several parts of the city.

LONDON -- Two American men have been killed fighting against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants as the terror group clings to its last urban stronghold, the terror group's de-facto capital city of Raqqa in Syria.

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